Washing-machine



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WASHING- MACHINE.

Spcciticatiou forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,052, dated January16, 1866.

To all whom it amy concern Be it known that I, H. I. JONES, ot'Davenport, in the county ot' Scott and State of Iowa, have invented anew and Improved lVashin g- Machine; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section taken in a verticalplane through the center ot' the new machine, showing the adjustablewash-board in one position for washing. Fig. 2 is a similar view,showing the adjustable wash-board thrown forward as near as possible tothe dasher. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the machine.Fig. 4 is a perspective view ot` the wash-board and its supportsdetached from the wash-box. Fig. 5 is a perspective view ot' thevibrating presser.

Similar let-ters ot reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral iigures.

This invention is intended to provide for increasing or diminishing thespace between the pressing-head or dashcr and the wash-board of awashing-unichine, for the purpose of adapting the machine to receive andwash large or small quantities of articles at the pleasure of theattendant, as will be hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation.

In' the accompanying drawings, A represents a wash-box having verticalsides and ends, which is covered by means ot' two inclined boards, B B',inclining inward, and a movable lid, B2, which latterI rests upon thelower edges otl the boards B B', but does not extend entirely to thesides of the box. rlhe board'B inclines inward from the highest end ofthe wash-box, and prevents water from escaping out of the machine duringlthe operation ot' washing, and also serves to conduct water hack intothe machine when a wringer is used. Beneath this board or cover B thewash-board C is arranged, against which the clothes are pressed by meansof a vibrating presser, G. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 2.) The wash-boardconsists of a number of rollers, c a a2, which have their end bearin gsin a frame formed of two parallel side pieces, b b.

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gudgcons ot' thc lower roller project through the said side pieces, b b,and enter the side boards, E E, as shown in Fig. 3, and thus pivot theframe ot' rollers to the wash-box so that the upper end of this frame isallowed to Vibrate. The gudgeons ot' thc uppermost roller, c2, projectthrough slots c c, which are made through the side strips, b I), in adirection with their length, and enter slots d d, which are made in theside boards, E E, as clearly shown in Figs. l, 2, and 4. The slots d areconcentric to the axis ot' movement of the wash-board C, a-nd the slotsd incline toward said axis and terminate at their upper ends in thecurved slot d.

By lifting the roller a2 so that its gudgeons come within the curvedslot d the roller-frame can be moved backward or forward and thegudgeons of the roller a2 dropped into either the back, or the front, orthe intermediate slots, d, according to the inclination which it may bedesired to give the wash-board or rollertrame C.

Gr represents the presser, which is secured to two arins,gg, thatterminate at their upper ends in long` arms or handles g g, forming anobtuse angle with the arms g g, as shown in Figs. l and 5, so that whenthe presser :is thrown forward to its full extent the arms g will restupon the top ot' the wash-box in, or nearly in, a plane with this top.By forming the arms in this way the presser can be conveniently operatedby a person at one end of the machine. The arms g g are connectedtogether at their junction with each other by means of a horizontaltransverse rod, h, the extremities ot' which enter vertically-slottedbearings in the sides of the wash-box. The presser, which is applied tothe lower ends ot' these arms, consists of two perforated portionssecured together so as to present a con cave face to the articles whichare put into the box to be washed. The lower portion ot' this presser isso arranged that it not only presses the articles against the wash-boardC, but it also operates to turn said articles so that they will presentnew surfaces to the washboard and presser.

Vhen it is desired to introduce articles into the box A, or to removearticles therefrom, the cover B2 is removed and the presser lifted outof its slotted bearings and adjusted back to the slotted bearings i, soas to be ont of the Way.

It will be seen from the above description of the Wash-board C and themanner of adjusting1 it that the capacity of the machine for receiving'articles to be washed may be easily increased or diminished. When largearticles are to be washed the upper end ot' the wasliboard is adjustedforward to the highest notch, d', and when small articles are to beWashed the upper end ot' the Wash-board is adjusted back to the lowestnotch, as shown in Fig. 2. These adjustments not only enable a person toincreaseor diminish the space between the presser and `the Wash-board,but they obviate the necessity of' giving a long,` sweep to the presserwhen a short sweep will answer the purpose.

H. P. JONES. Witnesses:

C. H. ELDRIDGE, M. L. ELDRIDGE.

